You wished to be known as the finest lady in the county. You wanted your luxury and your light. And at the same time you wanted to keep me your despairing lover.

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emily brontë heathcliff luxury

11 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:38:11 in the radio play.

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- You'd marry her to do that?

- Yes! To teach you the ways of pain and the hell that I'm in.

- Oh, you can't. If there's anything human left in you, don't make me a partner to this crime. It's mad! It's stupid!

- If your heart were only stronger than your dull care for the world and its conventions, I'd live silent and content in your shadow, begging for an occasional word or thought as I used to do.

- But now you had to destroy me with that weakness you call virtue. You had to keep me tormented with that cruelty you think so pious.

- How have I been cruel?

- You wished to be known as the finest lady in the county. You wanted your luxury and your light. And at the same time you wanted to keep me your despairing lover.

- Well, now that I am returned, had you given me the smile of love I might have been content.

- But you needn't think of me now as your despairing and foolish lover. You can think of me as Isabella's husband!

- And be glad for my happiness! As I am for yours!

- So ends the second act of 'Wuthering Heights.'

- In a moment, we hear Act Three and the dramatic way in which the love of Cathy and Heathcliff seeks its own solution.

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Wuthering Heights (1939) Sound Clip

Memorable quotes from Emily Brontë's novel, featuring sound clips from the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast version first aired on September 18, 1939 on CBS.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Cathy), Ida Lupino (Isabella Linton), Brian Aherne (Heathcliff), Thomas Freebairn-Smith (Edgar Linton), Kemball Cooper (Hindley), Marga Ann Deighton (Ellen)

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